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receive treatment at the hands Of the ply
Sician who visits that institution. IT this
he the case, it is not right. There are
scores of cases happening in this city in
which the sufferers might be able TO buy
the medicine could they but procure the
the prescription, and there seems to be no
regularly detailed physician to 60 among
this class and prescribe for them without
cost. Columbia is behind her sister cities
in this respect. Charleston has eight
physicians appointed for the sole purpose
of treating the INDECENT sick, and the pau
per class of Augusta are also we'll pro-
vided for. Should not this matter be
loo& ell into and remeded ?-Record.
The papers last week reported rather
more than the usual number OF accidents
and crimes of various kinds-some Of the
latter Of very atrociOus character ;
among them several lynchings. These
are becoming iar too common for either
the good or the credit or the country, and
many of them are attributable to the
fact that prompt and fair administra-
ton of criminal law is becoming more
and more uncertain. If the people felt
assured that the law would be honestly
and promptly enforced there would rare
ly be lynching, very rarely If ever.
Now where rests the blame for the law s
delay and uncertainty? Almost any ane
can answer.-S. Louis advocate.
Mrs. Harriet Coke Bledsoe, who died at
the residence Of her son-in-law, the Rev.
William Dinwiddie, Greenwood Depot,
Va, Wednesday, June %. was the widow
of the Rev. Albert Taylor Bledsoe, one OF
the brightest men the country has ever
produced, having been mathematician
of high standing and having conducted
several magazines, among them the SOat-
theTn ReUie1c. One Of her daughters,
Mrs. Herrick, has for years been an asso-
ciate editor Of the Century Magazine
Prof. Bledsoe, was before the war, one ol
the faculty Of the University of Mississip.
pi, at Oxford, land afetwarrd professor o1
the University of Virginia.
1t is said that woman began the man.
ufacture of sewing thread in England in
l722, and it would seem proper that the
idea should have first come from that sex
through whose hands nine-tenths of the
thread passes that is used. Paisley has
the honor OF being the first town that em.
barked in tie business. 1t was called
"Nun's thread" was made Of flax, and
so rapidly increased in popularity that il
was not long before it became an impor'
tant branch Of manufacture.
The postal treaty between the United
States and Mexico having been signed
by the President, will 60 into effect 7th
mo. Ist. Under its provisions the rates
for all mailable matter are the some as al
domestic rates in the United States, an6
the prohibited as our domestic mails
Ounce letters 20 for two cents. News
papers from the Office for one cent pei
pound, and third class matter one cen
for two ounces.
An unknown man stepped up to Mr.
Talmage and said:
"Well, sir, I am All evolutionist and
want to discuss that question with you
1 am also an anDihilationist. I believe
that when I die that will be the end O.
me-"
"Thank God for that" devoutly ejacu:
lated Mr.. Talmage, as he walked of ano
left the man perfectly dazed.
James Mark Baldwin, A. NJ, PHI. D..
assistent professor of modern languages
at Princeton, has received and accepted q
call to the chair of metaphysics at tie
Lake Forest Ill.) University. Prof
Baldwin has won some distinction by his
translations of foreign metaphysical trea.
tises, and also by original work. He
graduated from Princeton in 1884.
The New Orleans Advocate says it is
weary OF the talk about "consscrated
wealth" and tho like, and thinks 1t is
time to follow Christ's example, who was
rich, and yet "became poor that through
His poverty" we might be- rich. "Con-
secrated poverty is what God wants.
This isl line Of thought that we COM
mend to our pulpit orators. It will furn-
ish comparatively new field for their ef-
fDrts.-Central Christian AdUocate.
The Fidelity National Bank, Cincinnati,
is broken, and is soon to he tumbled into
the hands of receiver. The name oi
this bank suggests some of the swindling
wildcat Life Insurance ~ companies
that followed in the wake Of the war.
After running awhile their bottoms drop
ped out and the Ensured" lost what they
had paid and their life is as much Of a va
por us ever.
juno 20, there was a violent earthquake
shock ut Guayaquil, Mexico, at 6.2O OH
Wednesday morning, lasting two minutes
and twenty seconds. All the clocks in
the city were stopped, several buildings
demolished and others badly damaged.
No loss of life reported.
The births recorded in London every
week exceed the deaths by more than a
thousand, and during the next ten years
the increase in the number of inhabitants
will probably be nearly three-quarters oil
a million.
1t is well known fact amongi railroad
men that on railroads running north and
south the west rails wear out the faster
that five rails will wear out on the west
side Of the track while three are doing
service on the east side.
A special from Auburn, Ala, reports
the burning of the State Agricultural and
Mechanical College, with chemical labor
atory and other apparatus. The building
originally cost over 100000.
Marshfield, Wisconsin,, was almost
wholly consumed by the flames June q.
Estimated loss 81 100000. A spark from
a locomotive in the yard of furniture
factory occasioned it.
One by one the injured churches OF
Charleston arc being restored. The Old
Scotch Church has resumed service, being
first OPT ned Sunday, June 26.
A fire in Jacksonville, Fla, Juno o,
caused loss of $4,000. Three men are
supposed to have been buried under the
walls.
Rev. J.. w. Tribble, Baptist, died at
his home near Anderson June 20; aged So
years.
Over one hundred earthquake shocks
have been felt in the Mexican State Of
Sonora since Mays. Twenty-one shocks
we're felt June 21. One shock cracked
the walls of dwellings.
Praises and small presents do not lift
the cloud from the brow or the burden
from the heart of the preacher whose sal
ary is unpaid and who is consequently in
debt.